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According to their website the coach departs from Kennington tube station at 8am and after going through the Eurotunnel arrives in Bruges at "Midday"

An afternoon guided tour of Bruges then return to London arriving at 9.30pm, meaning the coach would have to leave Bruges at 5.30pm.

In my opinion it's not enough time to spend in Bruges. I spent two days there in February and wish I had spent longer there.

You could organise the trip yourself - get an early Eurostar train from London to Brussels. From Brussels the trains to Bruges are every 30 minutes and take just over 1 hour to get there. Then get the train back to Brussels for one of the later Eurostar trains back to London.

I have, in the past, done Bruges as a day trip from the UK (this was back in the day when there was a fast ferry to nearby Ostend which has now been replaced by the Eurostar connection from Brussels). I personally wouldn't want to be on a coach for that long though!.

Anyway I had about 5 hours there, which does not sound much but I had a good leisurely wander round, had time for a canal tour etc and didn't feel particularly rushed. Obviously there were places that I didn't get to see but I thought it was enough time to get a 'feel' of the place.

Five hours is just about sufficient to get a flavour of utterly charming Bruges, because it's not that big a place. But I would find the journey there and back in a coach all in one day quite horrific. If you do it, you will most likely be totally exhausted the next day.

This is roughly the same as driving to Liverpool or Leeds for the day from Southern England, doing more or less a full days' work, then driving home again.

Only getting up late (an 8 am start is some people's idea of a day devoted to indolence) and getting someone else to do the driving.

If you're an idle tosser, it might sound strenuous. For many of us it's pretty much part of regular life. Only the seriously bone idle could possibly call it "adventurous". Fortunately, few in Colorado go into these old-maid conniptions at the thought of a 350 mile round road trip.